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Sunday, November 25, 2018

1987 … Chi Chi

Does
anyone recognize this guy? It’s Chi Chi Rodriguez, the professional
golfer and
first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
My
husband Dick was an avid admirer and often mimicked him.

I
haven't thought of him for years but there's
a TV commercial that I've seen recently that shows all sorts of
people doing crazy dances and exercises. In it there's a very quick
shot of Chi Chi performing his famous toreador dance where
he'd make
believe that his putter was a sword and would attack his golf ball
(the bull”) while
performing a
lot of crazy dance moves.

In 1987
he was in Pinehurst, NC playing in a Senior’s Tournament. This is
also the locale of the hospital where I was working, (in the ER), and
we were all excited when
he came in wanting
to be examined by the docs for stomach pains.

Word
spread quickly and it soon seemed like
every doc
in the house found a reason to “treat” this
famous
one-of-a-kind
golfer.
He received
an inordinate amount of attention from thembut
to be fair you could tell that Chi
Chi was thoroughly
enjoying
it too.

This
was also the day that my husband came in. He was having some
breathing problems and decided to see
if he could
get some relief. The nurse that treated him told me that when Dick
asked
why there were so many doctors there he
just chuckled and pointing
to himself he
said. “What do you know? Two great golfers in one day!”

A
cute
comment but it didn't lure the ER doc away from Chi Chi. The nurse
got her orders however
so they did treat him and,
as his breathing got easier, he had the fun of seeing up close and in
person how Chi Chi could captivate an audience.

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